quaff

Anglais

Étymologie

De l'irlandais, du gaëlique cauch, de l'écosais quaich, queff (coupe)

Verbe

quaff

1. Boire un cul sec, ingurgiter.
   • Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, / And quaff carouses to our mistress' health (1594 — Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew i 2)
   • They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet, Quaff immortality and joy… (1667 — John Milton, Paradise Lost Book V)
   • Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore! (1845 — Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven)
   • Even while quaffing the third draught of the Fountain of Youth, they were almost awed by the expression of his mysterious visage. (1852 — Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment)

Synonymes

• chug
• gulp
• swig

Prononciation

Britannique :

• X-SAMPA : /kwQf/

Américain

• X-SAMPA : /kwOf/
• /Prononciation ?/ : /'kwɒf/
• États-Unis  :  écouter « quaff ['kwɒf] »